Hi,
15.04.2009 22:09, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Kern,
>
...
> I have to admit that I feel sorry about such a split of the commu-
> nity. Now we have an English group, a French one, and a Spanish one -
> with more to come? And more and more of interesting dicussions (and
> answers to questions!) will be missed by many of us just because they
> are somewhere else, in a language we don't understand.
I think that's only partly true.
Basically, I get the impression that, especially the roman language
speakers have a bit more difficulties with English than, say,
Scandinavian or German people. (I won't discuss if this is based on
language or culture...)
Thus, giving them a place where they can communicate in their native
language is definitely an advantage for them (provided there are
active and competent users available for support).
I expect that some users will be active on -spanish/-french as well as
-users, too.
> I'm from Germany, and my English is far from perfect. I could write
> my messages in German faster and with less thinking.
The point is - you *can* write in English, and you can read the
English responses. Others simply *can not*.
> But the last
> thing I would wish for is a bacula mailing list in German.
Agreed - though that's mostly because most Germans working in the IT
industry have reasonable experience communicating in English.
> Yes,
> native language lists make it easier for some people to ask their
> questions, and for some others to reply to questions, but at the same
> time they cut off the majority of other users. We split resources
> this way, and we fragment the information available from mailing list
> archives.
But we make information available to users who, otherwise, would have
a really hard time getting at it.
> Creating isolated subcommunities is a bad move in my opinion. YMMV.
My Mileage Does Vary...
I think it remains to be seen if active, competent communities build
through the Spanish and French mailing lists. If that happens, I hope
those will be closely linked to the English communicating community we
have here.
> For me, this is a sad day.
That's a bit too strong for me, though I see your point, and partly agree.
Arno
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück
www.its-lehmann.de
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